Patents by Inventor LeRon Leist

LeRon Leist has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080258514
    Abstract: A desk assembly and method of manufacturing the desk assembly. The desk assembly includes a frame supporting a top assembly. The frame includes two or more leg portions telescopically coupled to one another such that the top assembly is height adjustable. The top assembly is formed from a plastic molded base bonded to a high pressure laminate sheet to form a seamless panel. The seamless panel is straighted from a deformed state during the manufacturing process to a flat surface by adhering the panel to a substrate with adhesive and pressure. The top assembly may include an angled portion set off by a flowing arc to increase user comfort. The desk assembly may include a chair assembly integrally formed with the frame and one or more semi-transparent modesty panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Nichols, Errol Pearsons, Thomas M. Edwards, Leron Leist, Dale Allen Johnson, Bradley Keith Bransen, Joseph Robert Russell
  • Publication number: 20070045485
    Abstract: A desk assembly and method of manufacturing the desk assembly. The desk assembly includes a frame supporting a top assembly. The frame includes two or more leg portions telescopically coupled to one another such that the top assembly is height adjustable. The top assembly is formed from a plastic molded base bonded to a high pressure laminate sheet to form a seamless panel. The seamless panel is straightened from a deformed state during the manufacturing process to a flat surface by adhering the panel to a substrate with adhesive and pressure. The top assembly may include an angled portion set off by a flowing arc to increase user comfort. The desk assembly may include a chair assembly integrally formed with the frame and one or more semi-transparent modesty panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: HNI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Nichols, Errol Pearsons, Thomas Edwards, LeRon Leist, Dale Johnson, Bradley Bransen, Joseph Russell
  • Patent number: 6957860
    Abstract: A stackable chair having a support structure and a seat and a back mounted to the support structure. The support structure includes two horizontally extending runner portions, each with two pairs of grooves. Mounted to the runner portions and engaged with the pairs of grooves are four glides. Each glide includes two arms and a base and a recess in the base. The arms each have a horizontally extending rib projecting inwardly so as to engage the grooves. Molded into each glide at the recess is a hard industrial felt member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: LeRon Leist, James M. Groulx, Randall E. Green, Eric Bastin
  • Patent number: D516830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: LeRon Leist, James M. Groulx, Randall E. Green, Eric Bastin